Packers free-safety anchor signed in March 2024 who made the 2024 first-team All-Pro.
Xavier McKinney signed a four-year, $67 million deal with the Packers in March 2024 and immediately delivered: 8 interceptions and first-team All-Pro honors as a rookie Packer. The 2025 follow-up produced 5 INTs and another Pro Bowl as Green Bay's defense found a real identity around him.
Path to the league
Alabama national champion (2020) taken 36th overall by the Giants in 2020. Spent four years in New York at varying production levels. Hit the market in 2024 and Green Bay made him a top-three priority signing.
Career highlights
2024 First-team All-Pro. 2x Pro Bowl (2024, 2025). 2020 CFP National Champion (Alabama). 18 career interceptions. $67M Packers contract (2024).
2025 season recap
5 INTs, 82 tackles, 9 pass breakups. Green Bay went 11-6 and lost the Wild Card to Philadelphia. McKinney's ball production has restored Packers fans' faith in the back-end of the defense for the first time since Charles Woodson.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Xavier McKinney
- Pro Football Reference: Xavier McKinney
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Defense
16 games played▶Defense · career
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | packers | 8 | 34 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | packers | 16 | 107 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2024 | packers | 17 | 88 | 60 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2023 | giants | 17 | 116 | 78 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 2022 | giants | 9 | 45 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | giants | 17 | 93 | 59 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020 | giants | 6 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Safety
- Group
- defense
- College
- Alabama
- Hometown
- Roswell, GA, USA
- Age
- 27
- Status
- active
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